"The Advice Goddess presents a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps, science-based guide to living a happier life by learning how to grow a pair. Amy Alkon, The Advice Goddess, isn't exactly the warm-and-fuzzy type. She's the pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps type. Her Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck was a big hit, and she's following that no-nonsense guide to good behavior with her very own prescription for living better: Unf*ckology! In her latest book, Amy is out to prove that loserhood isn't destiny. As she puts it "You can't order a slightly used spine off eBay." There's no "find my balls" like "find my iPhone," but there is actually a way out of loserhood and it doesn't require a therapist who's looking forward to finally buying that island after decades of listening to you jaw on. All you have to do is behave as the confident person you want to be. In Amy's words, this is not a self-help book, but a "science-help" book. Based on research in neuroscience and behavior she shows readers how to get up off their couches and actually do something about their life. In chapters like "Eat Shit and Die," "Jeer Pressure," and "You Suck, or...Do You?" she takes a science-based approach to why ritual is important, what shame actually is and how to beat it, and how confidence can lead to self-respect. With the same hilarious approach she took to etiquette, Amy Alkon now turns her gimlet eye on the self-help book and uses science to turn losers into winners"--

A neuroscience professor and a Harvard law professor team up in this groundbreaking work, based on decades of research in the psychological and biological sciences, that shows how disrupting our routines can lead to seeing, feeling and noticing again--and embracing much-needed change to live happier, more fulfilling lives.